List of In Living Color cast members
Cast members came and went during the run of In Living Color. Some earlier cast members continued to appear in later seasons so later casts also include some previous years' cast members.
First season (1990)
- Jim Carrey (as James Carrey)
- Kelly Coffield
- Kim Coles
- Tommy Davidson
- David Alan Grier
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Damon Wayans
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Kim Wayans
- Shawn Wayans (as DJ SW-1) and the Fly Girls
Second season (1990–1991)
- Jim Carrey
- Kelly Coffield
- Tommy Davidson
- David Alan Grier
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Damon Wayans
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Kim Wayans
- Shawn Wayans (as DJ SW-1) and the Fly Girls
Third season (1991–1992)
Starring
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Jim Carrey
- Kelly Coffield
- Tommy Davidson
- David Alan Grier
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Damon Wayans
- Kim Wayans
- Marlon Wayans
Featuring
- Jamie Foxx
- Steve Park
- Shawn Wayans
- DJ Twist and the Fly Girls
Fourth season (1992–1993)
Starring
- Keenen Ivory Wayans (episodes 1–13 only)
- Jim Carrey
- Kelly Coffield
- Tommy Davidson
- Jamie Foxx
- David Alan Grier
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Kim Wayans
Featuring
- Marlon Wayans (episodes 1–13 only)
- Shawn Wayans
- Alexandra Wentworth
- DJ Twist and the Fly Girls
Fifth season (1993–1994)
- Jim Carrey
- Tommy Davidson
- Jamie Foxx
- David Alan Grier
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Reggie McFadden
- Jay Leggett
- Carol Rosenthal
- Alexandra Wentworth
- Marc Wilmore
- DJ Twist and the Fly Girls
Jim Carrey, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh were the only cast members for all five seasons.
Guest stars
Despite popular belief, Chris Rock was never an official cast member on In Living Color. Rock appeared (as a "special guest star") in a number of skits in the fifth season, and reprised his "Cheap Pete" character from I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. In the early years of In Living Color, Rock was parodied as being the only African American cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL also had Tim Meadows). In an SNL episode honoring Mother's Day, Rock's mother states that she is disappointed in him for not trying out for In Living Color, to which Rock states he is happy with his job on SNL.
Other recurring guest stars in the fifth season include Nick Bakay (for The Dirty Dozens sketches) and Peter Marshall (ringmaster for several loopy editions of Hollywood Squares). Rapper Biz Markie also appeared in various roles as a guest star in the fifth season, such as being (not too much) in drag as Wanda the Ugly Woman's sister or as "Dirty Dozens" contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin.
Fly Girls (house dance troupe)
The Fly Girls troupe had many members over In Living Color's five-season run. The original lineup consisted of Cari French, Carrie Ann Inaba, Deidre Lang, Lisa Marie Todd, and Michelle Whitney-Morrison. Rosie Perez was the choreographer for the first four seasons.
Sometimes the Fly Girls could be used as extras in sketches, or be part of an opening gag. In one sketch, they were shown performing open-heart surgery (in the sketch, the girls are dancing in order to pay their way through medical school).
In the fifth season Arthur Rainer became the main choreographer with Lisa Joann Thompson and Deidre Lang as assistant choreographers.
- Cari French - Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992)
- Carla Garrido— part of Season 2 (1991)[1]
- Michelle McGrath Gerlick - Season 1 (1989)
- Laurie Ann Gibson- Season 5 (1993–1994)
- MaDonna Grimes - Season 4 (1993–1994)
- Jossie Harris - Seasons 4–5 (1992–1994)
- Carrie Ann Inaba - Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992)
- Keri Lane - Season 3 (1991)
- Deidre Lang - Seasons 1–5 (1990–1994)
- Jennifer Lopez - Seasons 3–4 (1991–1993)
- Lisa Joann Thompson - Seasons 4–5 (1992–1994)
- Lisa Marie Todd - Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992)
- Michelle Whitney-Morrison - Seasons 1–2 (1990–1991)
- Masako Willis - Season 5 (1993–1994)
- Sasha Alexander [2]
References
- ↑ Lovece, Frank, ed. The Television Yearbook: Complete, Detailed Listings for the 1990-1991 Season (Perigee Books, 1992). In Living Color entry, pp. 135-136. ISBN 978-0-399-51702-0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rC8aLO6rDw